Sidéradougou

Sidéradougou lies in the wooded savanna south of the Mouhoun bend, between the trading country of Gwiriko and the lands of the Comoé. Muslim families and merchants moved through the region from Kong and other centres of the western Sudan. Local histories connect the Touré of Sidéradougou with the spread of Islam among neighbouring peoples. Their religious and commercial ties formed part of a wider network linking farming settlements with towns to the north and south.